The
C. Fred Edwards Conservatory is West Virginia's only plant conservatory.
It features subtropical plants and seasonal displays. Permanent
plants include foxtail palms, Australian tree ferns,
zebra plant and golden shrimp plant.
Flowering
displays vary by season, and include poinsettias and cyclamen
for the holidays; freesias, primroses, lilies and cineraria for
Spring; caladium and New Guinea impatiens for summer; and chrysanthemums
and asters for Fall. Since
its founding, the Museum has had a nature program.
Two
and a half miles of trails wind through the Museum's woodlands.
Spring is the most spectacular season, when thousands of trilliums
and other wildflowers blanket the ground.
In
addition, the Museum is adding other native plants to increase
the seasonal display to include more summer- and fall-flowering
plants. The Museum offers guided tours of the trails on request,
and they are frequently used in the Museum's summer day camp program.
THE CONSERVATORY